Judge orders settlement talks in black farmers’ soybean seed suit

Associated Press: A federal judge ordered settlement talks Thursday in a lawsuit filed by black farmers from Mississippi and Tennessee who claim a company sold them faulty, low-yield soybean seeds because of their race.

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